Myanmar News News Myanmar » Culture: Myanmar bids to put traditional thanakha face powder on UN heritage list to boost cultural profile
YANGON, Myanmar — Supporters and opponents of Myanmar’s military government are engaged in a bloody civil war, but a celebration Wednesday feted something almost all find worthy: the use of thanakha, ...
News Myanmar » Culture: Myanmar’s ‘Frontline Poets’: An Interview With Joe Freeman
Joe Freeman is an American writer and researcher who has worked across Southeast Asia for more than a decade, reporting from Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines and in Myanmar during the mid-2010s ...
News Myanmar » Culture: The Art of Burmese Tea: O!House Brings Myanmar’s Beloved Teahouse Culture to Phnom Penh
The event introduced guests to the heritage behind Myanmar’s teahouse culture, tracing its evolution through Burmese, Chinese and Indian influences during the colonial era. Ofte ...
News Myanmar » Culture: Myanmar: Living the Coffee Culture
A team of coffee lovers were opening Myanmar’s first independent coffee chain, including retail shops and a coffee truck. They needed us to develop a complete brand identity and name from scratch, and ...
News Myanmar » Culture: Influencers from Myanmar explore Shanxi culture, scenery
A delegation of internet celebrities composed of Burmese internet bloggers and media practitioners visit Shanxi province to deepen cultural exchanges between China and Myanmar. [Photo by Zhang Shurui ...
News Myanmar » Culture: Myanmar culture
“To…Ma Ma Nu Gyi,” an elegiac anti-war poem, has highlighted a divide among opponents of military rule.
News Myanmar » Culture: Undertones: What pop culture tells us about Myanmar’s politics
This story is part of Undertones, Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory‘s newsletter. Subscribe to Undertones. Welcome back to Undertones, where we analyze narratives from around the world. This week ...